wingspan : 60/75 mm
Podotricha telesiphe is quite common on the Eastern slopes of the Andes from Colombia down to Bolivia (Cochabamba).
as with Heliconius telesiphe there are two forms of Podotricha telesiphe, f. tithraustes, with yellow bands, and f. telesiphe, with white bands ; and again as with Heliconius telesiphe, the white form lives in the South, from Bolivia to Ecuador, and the yellow form in the North, from Southern Colombia to Ecuador.
the two forms fly together in the 9 de Octubre area and also in the Baños/Puyo Corridor.
P. telesiphe flies with H. telesiphe, and it is interesting to note that, if with Heliconius telesiphe specimens have either yellow bands, or white bands, with no intermediate forms, it is not so with Podotricha telesiphe where intermediate forms – buff or beige – can be found in the 9 de Octubre area and in the Baños/Puyo Corridor.
